12-letter words containing m, o, r, l
- microfilaria — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- microfossils — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microtonally — In a microtonal manner.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- microvessels — Plural form of microvessel.
- microvillous — Relating to microvilli.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- millionnaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- misrecollect — to recall to mind; recover knowledge of by memory; remember.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moistureless — Devoid of moisture.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- molly miller — a blenny, Scartella cristata, of Atlantic seas.
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- mongrelizing — Present participle of mongrelize.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.